Tag: Open Source

It’s cloudy in Jersey this week. That can mean only one thing: There are THREE great opportunities to learn about Windows Azure this week! Two with me locally in NJ and CT. And one online from San Francisco from Scott “The Gu” Guthrie himself! What’s all this buzz about Node.js? What about using Node.js with…

Visual Studio Live! is going on this week on over in Brooklyn this week at the Brooklyn Marriott. I posted about the event back in March. It is a GREAT conference for .NET developers to keep up with the latest trends and technologies that make up the Microsoft developer platform. While the conference itself does…

On April 23rd, 2012, I had the privilege of speaking at the first Node.Philly event in Philadelphia. It was a fantastic event and I enjoyed meeting lots of folks who are excited about Node and building solutions with it today! While this was a one time event, I got the feeling that evening that there…

On January 25, 2012, I gave a presentation at the NY Alt.NET user group about running Node.js on Windows Azure. It was the first time I’ve given a presentation on Node, so I was a little concerned the talk might be a little rough around the edges. Luckily I managed to escape without any tomatoes…

On December 10, 2011, a new version of WindowsAzure.com went live. There are many improvements and a ton of new things to check out. My teammate Jim O’Neil recently covered a key improvement in getting started with The New, Improved No-Risk Windows Azure Trial. (Do read it as a step 1 to this post!) In…

Joomla! Day NYC 2011 was hosted in the Microsoft NYC office over the weekend of October 21st through October 23rd. A Joomla!Day is a local, regional or national gathering of the Joomla! community. It is like a “code camp” for those interested in learning about, or contributing to, Joomla!. The New York event was one…

Note: This post is a bit delayed (been sitting in my drafts folder for WAY too long!) but I’ve had a few folks requesting my slides from my talk at Jazoon 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland, so here it is… Back in June, I had the privilege of speaking at Jazoon 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland. Jazoon…

Last week, I announced the Rock Paper Azure Grand Tournament with $5000 at stake for first prize. The Rock Paper Azure Challenge is a coding contest in which you develop a “bot” to play the game of Rock Paper Scissors against other contestants’ bots. The RPA Challenge also gives you an opportunity to learn more…

I’m currently attending the PHP Tek Conference in Chicago, Illinois this week with a couple of my Microsoft colleagues, including Craig Kitterman, Mark Brown, and Brian Prince. Tek is a conference where great minds from the PHP community come together to share some great content. One of the common themes I’ve been witnessing across many…

For the past 5 years, one of my favorite local tech events of the year has been Bar Camp NYC. I’m excited to announce that BarCamp is set to return to New York City again for BarCampNYC6 on May 21st & 22nd! There’s no bar, but I’m sure we’ll be hanging out at one in…